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Top 50 Impact VC Funds & Investors in New Zealand (July 2026)

The most active venture capital funds investing in New Zealand Impact startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in New Zealand Impact startup companies. Find investors to raise a Pre-Seed, Seed or Series A round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Icehouse Ventures
VC Fund
14 New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Information Technology $612k–$16M
K1W1
VC Fund
10 New Zealand, United States Seed, Series A Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $419k–$18M
Soul Capital
VC Fund
4 New Zealand, Hong Kong, United States Seed, Debt Financing Software, Information Technology, Financial Services $830k–$3M
Pacific Channel
VC Fund
3 New Zealand, Australia, Canada Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Manufacturing, Medical Device, Health Care $938k–$15M
Finistere Ventures
VC Fund
3 United States, New Zealand, Israel Series B, Series C, Series A Biotechnology, Agriculture, Food and Beverage $3.8M–$43M
Uniservices
VC Fund
3 New Zealand, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Health Care, Medical Device, Manufacturing $1M–$4M
Enterprise Angels
VC Fund
3 New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom Seed, Angel Software, Information Technology, Health Care $153k–$4.3M
New Zealand Green Investment Finance
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Energy, Solar, Sustainability $372k–$49M
Ngāi Tahu Holdings
VC Fund
2 New Zealand Seed, Series A Organic, Agriculture, Information Technology $2.8M–$3.5M
Outset Ventures
VC Fund
2 New Zealand Seed, Pre-Seed CleanTech, Biotechnology, Product Research
Clare Foundation
VC Fund
2 New Zealand Seed Furniture, Recycling, E-Commerce $1.5M–$1.5M
Movac
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, United States, Australia Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, E-Commerce $795k–$18M
Rabobank Food & Agri Innovation Fund
VC Fund
2 United States, United Kingdom, The Netherlands Series A, Series B, Seed Agriculture, AgTech, Farming $3.8M–$28M
GD1 (Global From Day One)
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, United States, China Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Information Technology, SaaS $600k–$16M
New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
VC Fund
2 New Zealand, United States, Japan Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Biotechnology, SaaS $400k–$8.8M
Motion Capital
VC Fund
2 New Zealand Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Sustainability, Energy, Chemical $924k–$4.9M
Global from Day One
VC Fund
1 New Zealand, United States, China Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Medical Device $612k–$18M
Callaghan Innovation
VC Fund
1 New Zealand, United States, Australia Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology $5.9k–$1M
Black Kite Capital
VC Fund
1 Singapore, China, Bangladesh Seed, Series B Software, EdTech, Retail $500k–$5.1M
Fonterra Co-operative Group
VC Fund
1 New Zealand, United States, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Wellness $151k–$17M
Radicle Growth
VC Fund
1 United States, Canada, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Grant Agriculture, Biotechnology, AgTech $250k–$17M
Lewis Holdings
VC Fund
1 New Zealand Seed, Series A Software, SaaS, Computer $550k–$1.1M
RIV Capital
VC Fund
1 Canada, United States, Italy Seed, Series A Cannabis, AgTech, SaaS $1.5M–$12M
AngelHQ
VC Fund
1 New Zealand, United States, Canada Seed, Angel, Series A Software, Apps, Health Care $350k–$3M
Unruly Capital
VC Fund
1 United Kingdom, United States, Germany Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Biotechnology, CleanTech, Artificial Intelligence $987k–$9.3M
Sparkbox Ventures
VC Fund
1 New Zealand, United States, Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Software, Manufacturing, EdTech $593k–$1.6M
Wave Digital Assets
VC Fund
1 United States, Switzerland, Canada Seed, Series A Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software $500k–$70M
Aspire Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States Seed Messaging, Real Time, Advertising $2M–$3.5M
Wavemaker Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, Singapore, Philippines Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $880k–$20M
Radar Partners
VC Fund
1 United States Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Mobile, E-Commerce $500k–$73M
Blackbird Ventures
VC Fund
1 Australia, United States, New Zealand Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS $34k–$35M
OurCrowd
VC Fund
1 Israel, United States, New Zealand Series B, Series A, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $604k–$65M
ACC
VC Fund
1 New Zealand Series A Organic, Agriculture
Seeds Capital
VC Fund
1 Singapore, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Series A Software, Biotechnology, Health Care $767k–$24M
Khosla Ventures
VC Fund
1 United States, India, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Seed Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care $2M–$100M
InnovationQuarter
VC Fund
1 The Netherlands, India, Germany Series A, Seed Software, Information Technology, Health Care $549k–$27M
Tuhua Fund
VC Fund
1 New Zealand, Singapore, United States Seed, Series A, Angel Software, Internet, B2B $735k–$7.5M
Aera VC
VC Fund
1 United States, Australia, United Kingdom Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Food and Beverage $150k–$27M
AgriZeroNZ
VC Fund
1 United States, New Zealand, Sweden Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Biotechnology, AgTech, Animal Feed $677k–$27M
Climate Venture Capital Fund
VC Fund
1 New Zealand, Australia Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed Sustainability, Energy, Chemical $1M–$3M
AUT Ventures
VC Fund
1 New Zealand Pre-Seed Chemical, Manufacturing, Sustainability
NZVC
VC Fund
1 New Zealand, United States, Australia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech $1.2M–$40M
Inter Ikea
VC Fund
1 Canada, Sweden, Germany Series A, Seed Recycling, Biotechnology, Waste Management $3.8M–$16M
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
VC Fund
1 New Zealand, United States, Australia Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Software, Medical Device, Manufacturing $608k–$17M
Matū Group
VC Fund
1 New Zealand, United States Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Biotechnology, Health Care, Robotics
Massey Ventures
VC Fund
1 New Zealand Seed Carbon Capture, Environmental Consulting, Environmental Engineering
Booster
VC Fund
1 New Zealand, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Robotics, Biotechnology, Medical Device $158k–$6.1M
Auckland UniServices
VC Fund
1 New Zealand Seed, Pre-Seed Medical, Marketing, Nutrition
Whakatupu Aotearoa Foundation
VC Fund
1 New Zealand Seed, Series A Software, Furniture, Recycling $1.5M–$3M
Tax Management NZ
VC Fund
1 New Zealand Seed Furniture, Recycling, E-Commerce
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Icehouse Ventures
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 14 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Icehouse Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm. We exist to back the world's bravest Kiwi founders, launching global companies from New Zealand.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 213
  • Round size: Seed $612k–$5M; Series A $2.2M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $69M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Hnry — Hnry automatically pays and files all taxes for contractors, freelancers, and sole traders, so they never have to think about tax again.
  • Vessev — Vessev is a maritime trasportantion company that offers hydrofoiling electric vessels for travelling through water.
  • Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
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K1W1
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 10 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

K1W1 provides startups and businesses in New Zealand with early and later-stage venture investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 100
  • Round size: Seed $550k–$4.1M; Series A $419k–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Evnex — NZ manufactured and installed EV chargers for homes and businesses. Starting at $2,295 inc for a charger and full install - Electric vehicle charging simplified.
  • Groov
  • Astrix Astronautics — Inflatable, rigidising deployment enables low-cost spacecraft solar arrays, high gain antennas, powering earth with solar energy from space, and more.
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Soul Capital
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 4 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Soul Capital is an impact investment organisation working towards a more inclusive and sustainable economy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
  • Stage:Seed, Debt Financing
  • Geography: New Zealand, Hong Kong, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 18
  • Round size: Seed $830k–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cogo — At Cogo we are on a mission to empower hundreds of millions of consumers and businesses world-wide to become conscious consumers by taking action to measure, reduce and compensate for their impact on the world. Cogo enables everyone to join together to create a fairer and more sustainable world. Talk to us now or see our website for details.
  • Staples VR — Staples VR is a creative technologies studio that creates VR, AR, AI and interactive projects.
  • Teacher’s Buddy
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Pacific Channel
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 3 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Investing in great people solving hard problems to create a better future.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Medical Device, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, Australia, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 45
  • Round size: Seed $938k–$5M; Series A $6M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tectonus — Revolutionary self-centring seismic connections that protect structures in earthquake sequences.
  • Regen
  • Androgenix
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Finistere Ventures
VC Fund · San Diego, California, United States · 3 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Finistere Ventures is an agricultural technology and life sciences venture capital investor. Founded in 2005, the company partners with other entrepreneurs and creative thinkers to build innovative companies that have the potential to transform modern agriculture, increase food security, improve nutrition, and enhance sustainability. Their appliedexperience as operators, and pioneering role in Ag Tech, is actively utilized to benefit its portfolio companies and Partners. Finistere has global access to the best new technologies from centers of Ag Tech excellence in the U.S., Australia, Israel, New Zealand, and Canada through its venture partner networks. Finistere’s locations in San Diego and Palo Alto, California keeps them connected to the centers of mainstream venture investment and the world’s leading innovation ecosystem.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Agriculture, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Series B, Series C, Series A
  • Geography: United States, New Zealand, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 63
  • Round size: Series A $3.8M–$10M; Series B $7.5M–$40M; Series C $5M–$43M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $28M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • Apparo
  • Animol Discovery — Animol is building its own pipeline of break-through proprietary veterinary small molecules led by a team of animal health industry experts with vast experience in bringing drugs to market. With our unique and powerful technology platform we deliver innovative medicines that are specifically designed for the needs of veterinary patients.
  • Berkeley Yeast — Better yeast for better beer. Make cleaner tasting beer with ultra low diacetyl strains, brew non alcoholic beer that tastes more like actual beer, or unlock bright grapefruit and passionfruit notes with the cleanest thiol yeast.
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Uniservices
VC Fund · 3 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Auckland University's commercialisation arm

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Medical Device, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 19
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$2.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $3.2M–$4M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • RosterLab — RosterLab goal is to automate every part of the rostering process for healthcare.
  • Avasa — Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices.
  • Zenno Astronautics — Zenno Astronautics hardware and software products ensure satellite missions are effectively managed, guaranteeing maximum economic returns and responsible use of space.
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Enterprise Angels
VC Fund · Tauranga, Gisborne, New Zealand · 3 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Connecting startup business owners with angel investors to raise capital . Access a network of expertise and investment opportunities.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Angel
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 120
  • Round size: Seed $153k–$4.3M; Angel $229k–$651k
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $12M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
  • Scanabull — Scanabull is a 3D vision to measure cattle live weight quickly and accurately, reducing handling stress and giving farmers, agents, and processors clear, real‑time weight data. It makes weighing easy, analysis simple, and sharing seamless for everyone who relies on live weight or carcass weight decisions.
  • Kai's Education — Kai's Education is an innovative force in the EdTech sector, pioneering the integration of coding, STEM, and robotics into engaging learning experiences for children. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, our mission is to ignite young minds through our award-winning educational products, including the all-in-one STEAM toolbox, Kai's Clan, andthe hybrid robot, KaiBot.Our flagship product, Kai's Clan, breaks new ground by allowing children aged seven to fifteen to learn to code with state-of-the-art technologies such as AR, VR, AI, IoT, Tinkercad, and Minecraft. KaiBot, designed for hands-on learning, uses screen-free coding cards to instill the fundamentals of coding, providing immediate feedback to enhance learning.Complemented by the Kainundrum Lite app, Kai's Education facilitates a seamless transition from tactile to advanced text-based coding, nurturing problem-solving skills and creativity. Recipient of the Smart AI Toy Award and the Common Sense Top Pick for Learning Award, Kai's Education is dedicated to equipping the next generation with the skills for tomorrow's challenges. We're not just teaching coding; we're inspiring creators.
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New Zealand Green Investment Finance
VC Fund · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

New Zealand Green Investment Finance provides support to the growth of innovative energy and carbon management.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Energy, Solar, Sustainability
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Seed $3.7M–$7.6M; Debt Financing $644k–$49M; Venture - Series Unknown $372k–$3.2M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • ESP
  • Carbn Group — Carbn Group is a car fleet management company that makes car fleet services sustainable and accessible to more users.
  • Zenobe Energy — Zenobe Energy ( formerly known as Battery Energy Storage Solutions Limited) is the largest independent owner and operator of battery storage in the UK. We transform the way grid operators and businesses use power to reduce costs, improve reliability and benefit the environment.
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Ngāi Tahu Holdings
VC Fund · 2 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Ngāi Tahu

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Organic, Agriculture, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $2.8M–$3.5M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Orbica — Orbica develops innovative, cross-industry location data solutions, services and products.
  • Tend Health Ltd — Tend Health provides various types of Health Care services by providing an easy to use application.
  • OpenStar Technologies — OpenStar Technologies is a renewable energy company that develops fusion reactors for baseload power to the grid.
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Outset Ventures
VC Fund · Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Outset, Empowering NZ's deep tech startups: investment, space, support. Join our community of innovators for global impact.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: CleanTech, Biotechnology, Product Research
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 5
  • Lead/follow: no public data

Portfolio highlights

  • Daisy Lab — Daisy Lab pioneers precision fermentation technology in New Zealand
  • Vertus Energy — We innovate to make fossil natural gas extinct.
  • OpenStar Technologies — OpenStar Technologies is a renewable energy company that develops fusion reactors for baseload power to the grid.
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Clare Foundation
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Clare is a private philanthropic investment and giving organisation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Furniture, Recycling, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 2
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$1.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Critical — Made in Aotearoa from 100% reclaimed NZ plastic waste, our panels come in a variety of pre-designed or custom colours and finishes, so you can realise your design vision and create a space that is truly unique. We help architects and designers to push design boundaries while meeting Green Star & sustainability targets.
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Movac
VC Fund · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Movac is New Zealand's most experienced technology investor and is deeply integrated into the Kiwi tech sector. We've been actively investing since 1998.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 61
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$4.4M; Series A $795k–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $125M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Hnry — Hnry automatically pays and files all taxes for contractors, freelancers, and sole traders, so they never have to think about tax again.
  • LawVu — Our all-in-one connected platform enables your legal team to manage all legal matters, contracts, spend and legal operations. Book your free demo now.
  • 1Above — 1Above is designed with Vitamins, Electrolytes and Super Antioxidant to help you recover faster on Travel, Work, Party occasions. Well known to help combat jet lag since 2010.
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Rabobank Food & Agri Innovation Fund
VC Fund · Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands · 2 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Rabobank emerged from several small agricultural cooperative banks, founded by Dutch farmers in the late nineteenth century. Food & Agriculture (F&A) is in our DNA, from which we built a unique position in the F&A sector as a key financier and international player, attributes which we leverage for the benefit of our stakeholders andportfolio companies. We recognise and understand the food security challenges lying ahead of us and how Innovation in F&A supply chains is key to the solution, which is why we are dedicated to committing capital to the space.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, AgTech, Farming
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, United Kingdom, The Netherlands

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 25
  • Round size: Series A $3.8M–$18M; Series B $5M–$28M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MiAlgae — MiAlgae is a new-age microalgal production company that aims to revolutionize the £340 billion global livestock feed industry by producing microalgal products – through the remediation of wastewater – as nutrient supplements for fishmeal in livestock feeds. Their microalgal products are high in omegas and proteins, both of which are required forthe production of many livestock feeds, especially in the aquaculture sector.Their production methodology uses circular economy to reduce the operating costs involved in the production of microalgae and as such allows them to compete with other supplements currently on the market.
  • EarthOptics — EarthOptics is building the cloud-based machine learning platform for soil and ground management.
  • Saga Robotics — Saga Robotics delivers UV-C mildew control, AI-driven data services, and robotic farm automation with the autonomous robot Thorvald. Our robots provide chemical-free vineyard and strawberry disease management to help growers increase yields and reduce reliance on fungicides.
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GD1 (Global From Day One)
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

GD1 is a Venture Capital firm that invests with high conviction in exciting technology companies originating from New Zealand. Our team is passionate about creating and growing global businesses, and our goal is to transform NZ made into the next generation of globally disruptive tech solutions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 58
  • Round size: Seed $600k–$7.3M; Pre-Seed $860k–$2.3M; Series A $1.8M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vessev — Vessev is a maritime trasportantion company that offers hydrofoiling electric vessels for travelling through water.
  • VXT — Automate, integrate, and accelerate. Get more from your phone calls for less. VXT Call is a simple, mobile and powerful system.
  • Caruso — AI-native fund administration for private markets. Trusted by 900+ real estate, private credit, and private equity funds to save time, impress investors, and grow AUM.
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New Zealand Venture Investment Fund
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, a New Zealand-based private equity fund, manages fund of funds investments and direct co-investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Biotechnology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 36
  • Round size: Seed $428k–$1.2M; Angel $400k–$4.3M; Series A $1.4M–$8.8M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • MAPTO — Bringing industries together since 2008, Mapto.com stands as the premier platform for a global business directory. Serving millions of companies and suppliers worldwide.Mapto, the “Business Development Guide,” has been specially designed to offer an e-commerce solution that brings together all companies in the world and provides an excellent B2Cuser experience without sacrificing B2B functionality. The most significant difference from other marketplaces is that it is customer-supported!In today’s world, product, manufacturer, and communication demands are the basis of e-commerce searches on the internet. It restructures the “roadmap of e-commerce” by bringing all these demands together and making them accessible to users.
  • Insite AI — The chosen partner by executives in RGM, insights, and I.T. to grow revenue and market share. Learn how CPGs win in pricing, assortment, trade and more.
  • Surgical Design Studios — The Insides Company is the leading provider of chyme reinfusion solutions for intestinal failure
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Motion Capital
VC Fund · Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand · 2 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Motion Capital is a hands-on venture capital fund investing in founders doing good business by helping the world decarbonise.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sustainability, Energy, Chemical
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 7
  • Round size: Seed $924k–$4.9M
  • Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.
  • Hachiko
  • Dot Ingredients — Dot Ingredients operates a surfactant company designed to offer commercially viable particle surfactants. It produces cellulose from wood pulp, makes sustainable emulsifiers from renewable cellulose, and is able to not only cleanse hands, clothes, surfaces, and cars, but also protect crops, enhance food, color textiles, and flow into the oceans andsoil.
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Global from Day One
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

GD1 is a Venture Capital firm that invests with high conviction in exciting technology companies originating from New Zealand. Our team is passionate about creating and growing global businesses, and our goal is to transform NZ made into the next generation of globally disruptive tech solutions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Medical Device
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $612k–$5M; Series A $1.2M–$18M
  • Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $90M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • eVouch — eVouch is the most powerful marketing tool we've used to build an organic community. We've experienced elevated brand trust while reaching an audience we never thought possible. Using customers to market to their friends is simply genius.
  • Alimetry — Alimetry is a health technology startup based in Auckland, New Zealand, developing breakthrough solutions for diagnosing disorders of gastrointestinal (GI) function.
  • Flowingly — Unlock Team Productivity. Streamline Approvals. Increase Compliance. Easy To Use, No-Code Process Mapping & Workflow Automation Platform.
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Callaghan Innovation
VC Fund · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Callaghan Innovation is a stand-alone Crown Entity established on 1 February, 2013. Their role hasn’t previously existed in New Zealand.When they succeed, all New Zealanders will benefit from a stronger economy, higher value exports, more productive and sustainable resource use, more jobs and higher incomes.International evidence showsadvanced technology institutes like Callaghan Innovation have been successful at helping businesses build innovation capability that contributes to their growth and the broader economy.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 922
  • Round size: Seed $593k–$1M; Grant $5.9k–$39k; Pre-Seed $607k–$716k
  • Lead/follow: 98% lead, 2% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Scanabull — Scanabull is a 3D vision to measure cattle live weight quickly and accurately, reducing handling stress and giving farmers, agents, and processors clear, real‑time weight data. It makes weighing easy, analysis simple, and sharing seamless for everyone who relies on live weight or carcass weight decisions.
  • Wallo Pay — Wallo Pay, incorporated in July 2023, is a New Zealand-based fintech startup transforming digital payments for consumers and businesses. Operating across Aotearoa and with plans to expand into Australia, our founder-led team is building a B2C and B2B payments platform powered by banking APIs, enabling direct, real-time account-to-accounttransactions. By bypassing traditional card networks, Wallo Pay slashes merchant service fees from 1.5–2.5% to 0.6% or less, potentially saving New Zealand businesses $700M annually. Our product suite includes a Consumer Mobile App with QR-based and unique digital ID based payments, a Business Mobile App, and a Business Web Portal, targeting retail, hospitality, and other businesses accepting payments from end customers.Aligned with New Zealand’s Consumer Data Right (2025), Wallo Pay’s open API infrastructure empowers developers, fintech startups, and public agencies to build innovative solutions, from loyalty programs to interoperable transport payments. Our platform fosters an inclusive ecosystem, enabling business of all sizes and innovators to participate in the digital economy with low-cost, scalable payment tools. Since starting MVP development in June 2024, Wallo Pay is gearing up for an alpha pilot in Q3–Q4 2025, driving transparency, affordability, and trust in Aotearoa’s payment landscape.
  • Forever Harvest — Forever Harvest is a food technology startup specializing in cellular horticulture.
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Black Kite Capital
VC Fund · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Black Kite Capital is a single-family investment office based in Singapore.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, EdTech, Retail
  • Stage:Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Singapore, China, Bangladesh

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$5.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pi-xcels — Eco-friendly NFC digital receipts solution for actionable shopper data and enhanced customer journeys. No App, Just Tap. With one-tap convenience, Pi-xcels unlocks omni-channel marketing opportunities and boosts performance for retailers with our customer intelligence platform.
  • MOINS Coffee — Leyin is a coffee supply chain company with cold brewing and hot brewing industrialization technology. It currently has product categories such as cold brewing liquid/frozen cubes, flash brewing liquid/frozen cubes, flash brewing powder, etc., and 67% of the domestic emerging coffee brands Ten are its customers, including Yongpu Coffee,Yingji Coffee, Fisheye Coffee, Grey Box Coffee, .JPG, TAG, OATLY and Yongxia Coffee.
  • Mushroom Material — We can match the mechanical properties of polystyrene styrofoam and replace any existing packaging with a sustainable mushroom alternative
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Fonterra Co-operative Group
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

We're a global dairy nutrition company owned by 10,000 farmers and their families, united by a fundamental belief in the power of dairy to make a difference.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Wellness
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $593k–$612k; Pre-Seed $151k–$612k; Series B $10M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Vivici — Our mission is to meet the world's growing need for sustainable, nutritious and great tasting animal-free proteins.
  • DNAiTECH — At DNAiTECH we develop innovative portable isothermal amplification instruments for point of care diagnostics, in-field applications, and rapid DNA testing.
  • POP — POP offers a nutrient-packed supplement for pet dogs to reduce inflammation and support whole-body health.
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Radicle Growth
VC Fund · San Diego, California, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Radicle Growth is a San Diego, California based venture capital firm focused sustainable, early-stage ag and food tech startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, Biotechnology, AgTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Grant
  • Geography: United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 29
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$3M; Grant $250k–$1M; Series A $5M–$17M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • New Iridium — Kemvera is a sustainable chemical innovation company empowering customers to reduce carbon impact through sustainable, cost-effective, drop-in chemicals and materials with equal performance as fossil products.-
  • Solasta Bio — Solasta Bio develops environment-friendly products that meet a global need for new and effective crop protection.
  • SWARM — SWARM is a Software-as-a-Service platform that uses a next generation cognitive computing system, structured around a multi-agent approach which can utilize a cur
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Lewis Holdings
VC Fund · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Lewis Holdings was added in 2013.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, SaaS, Computer
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $550k–$1.1M
  • Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Avertana — Avertana is a process technology company that has developed a proprietary platform to refine solid industrial waste streams into valuable mineral and chemical raw materials used to make everyday products. Products of Avertana's process are used in products such as paint, building materials, paper and fertilisers. The process is costcompetitive with existing approaches but offers a much lower environmental footprint than traditional methods. Avertana helps its customers to build more sustainable supply chains by making mineral and chemical ingredients for widely-used products from sources that support optimal environmental outcomes. Avertana’s waste to value process helps industry to reduce its environmental footprint competitively.
  • Ambit — From natural language processing to machine learning, our conversational AI platform empowers organisations. Business focused and aligned, Ambit chatbots carve a direct path to meeting your strategic objectives. Ultimately, Ambit enables you to deliver to your customers and internal stakeholders better.
  • Unleashed Software — Supply, production, inventory and sales software with exceptional product and customer focus
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RIV Capital
VC Fund · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

RIV Capital is a cannabis acquisition and investment firm building a leading multistate platform of brands in key strategic U.S. markets.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cannabis, AgTech, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Canada, United States, Italy

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$2.5M; Series A $6.7M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dynaleo — At Dynaleo, we produce the highest quality cannabis-infused Edible Gummies. Learn more about our innovative CBD and THC gummies on our website.
  • Headset — Retail & market insights for cannabis retailers, product manufacturers, CPGs, processors, growers & all ancillary services.
  • BioLumic — BioLumic develops light signals that activate plant growth and unlock the natural genetic potential of crops. The company's photogenics platform leverages innovation in plant science, light technology and genetic insights. Demonstrated results include higher yield, improved vigor, increased disease and pest resistance, and improvements incrops composition. These results have been across a variety of seeds and seedling: soybean, cannabis and vegetable and fruit crops. It is a clean technology that does not require the use of chemicals or amendments. BioLumic is a private company and was founded in 2013.
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AngelHQ
VC Fund · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Learn about Angel HQ, Wellington's Angel Investing Network - the meeting place for ambitious startups and passionate investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Apps, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 22
  • Round size: Seed $350k–$3M; Angel $367k–$1M
  • Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • chnnl — Optimise your employee wellbeing strategy with chnnl. Centralised resource management, track psychosocial risks and team psychological wellbeing measurement.
  • Upstock — Manage wholesale orders with a simple app.
  • Factor — Plug and play forecasting and pricing tools for modern energy utilities.
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Unruly Capital
VC Fund · Italy, Texas, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Investing in the crazy before it becomes normal

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, CleanTech, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 60
  • Round size: Seed $1.3M–$9.3M; Pre-Seed $987k–$3.6M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Matta — Matta delivers artificial intelligence software and services for businesses. Offerings include custom model development, data preparation, and API-based deployment across computer vision and language tasks. Tooling covers experiment tracking, evaluation, monitoring, and scalability to move prototypes into production. Services also addressintegration with existing data pipelines, security considerations, and MLOps practices. Engagements include solution design, implementation, and knowledge transfer so internal teams can operate and iterate models over time.
  • Willo — Willo is advancing and scaling true wireless power for humanity, technology, and industry. Discover the company powering the next era of energy delivery.
  • Tangible — Tangible empowers hardware companies with sustainable asset-based lending solutions. Our platform streamlines debt funding, compliance automation, and financial product design, enabling efficient capital mobilization and comprehensive reporting for a greener future. Scale your business with Twist.
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Sparkbox Ventures
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Sparkbox Ventures was founded in 2001 and is New Zealand's most active seed stage investor

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Manufacturing, EdTech
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $593k–$1.6M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Mohiomap — Visualize and navigate your Evernote, Google Drive, and Dropbox content. Mohiomap allows you to explore relationships in a dynamic Mind Map, get valuable insights, and visually organize your Cloud data!
  • Booktrack — Booktrack is an A.I Soundtrack company. Booktrack's Artificial Intelligence automatically creates soundtracks for any text or any voice. Backed by investors including Peter Thiel, Booktrack is a disruptive force in the publishing and audio world; equivalent to the introduction of sound transforming the experience of film forever. For moreinformation, visit booktrack.com.
  • Aroa Biosurgery Ltd — Aroa Biosurgery is a soft-tissue regeneration company that develops, manufactures, sells and distributes medical and surgical products to improve healing in complex wounds and soft tissue reconstruction. Committed to ‘unlocking regenerative healing for everybody’, Aroa’s products are developed from the Company’s proprietary Endoform® technologyplatform, a novel extracellular matrix biomaterial derived from ovine (sheep) forestomach. The company was founded in February 2008 based on intellectual property relating to the use of a novel form of ECM isolated from forestomach extracellular matrix for use in tissue regeneration applications. Aroa’s focus is delivering better healing, every day, everywhere for everybody. Aroa’s products make a meaningful impact for patients, surgeons and clinicians. Aroa delivers high quality, simple to use products that significantly improve outcomes. Aroa also believes its products should be widely accessible, affordable and change the standard of care for many patients.Maori for ‘understanding’, Aroa is at the forefront of understanding how biology, structural form and human factors can unlock the body’s intrinsic power to heal.
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Wave Digital Assets
VC Fund · Los Angeles, California, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Wave Digital Assets offers early-stage investment, asset management, treasury management, and strategy consulting to further the growth of the crypto and digital asset ecosystem.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Switzerland, Canada

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 114
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$17M; Series A $500k–$70M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • STBL — STBL is a next-generation stablecoin system that strives to refocus the stablecoin economy around the user. It enables users to create fully collateralized stablecoins from tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). At STBL, we’re transforming the stablecoin landscape with a groundbreaking approach that enables individuals and institutions to mint,distribute, and profit from stablecoin usage. Founded by Reeve Collins (former CEO at Tether), with a vision to revolutionize digital finance, we empower our community by delivering both the control and profitability of stablecoin infrastructure directly into their hands.
  • Myriad
  • Maestro — Advanced UTxO-indexing data layer to supercharge Defi on Bitcoin, Cardano & Dogecoin.
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Aspire Ventures
VC Fund · Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Aspire Ventures is an investment firm that focuses on transforming healthcare with breakthrough technologies. It leverages their capital, intellectual property, and domain expertise in the Internet of Things (IoT) to help solve today’s biggest problems. The firm was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Pennsylvania, United States.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Messaging, Real Time, Advertising
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 3
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$3.5M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Wylei — Wylei provides adaptive content solutions to agencies and brands to increase digital messaging relevance and engagement. It uses advanced predictive algorithms to take the guesswork out of digital web, email, mobile, and video campaigns. Wylei's Adaptive Content(TM) and Predictive Intelligence, delivers emails that adapt to the specificcontext of open, based on where, how, and when the email is viewed.
  • OpenStar Technologies — OpenStar Technologies is a renewable energy company that develops fusion reactors for baseload power to the grid.
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Wavemaker Ventures
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Wavemaker Group is a cross-border venture capital firm founded in 2003 and one of the most active early-stage investors across multiple funds.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: United States, Singapore, Philippines

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 331
  • Round size: Seed $880k–$5M; Series A $3M–$20M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $136M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • uHoo — Air quality, now visible. Discover uHoo TRUSTED BY Elevate your health, focus, and performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miqSQuOVWjs&list=PLC-yooIAsXuwt0o22nxVp9wJrTCsjIvBE&index=7 WHY UHOO? Optimize your air to maximize your life. Indoor air quality affects your overall health and well-being. Let uHoo measure and monitor your air quality for a healthier indoor environtment. Less Allergies Know exactly what products and chemicals to
  • RateIt — An omni-channel CX platform that captures, interprets & analyses customer feedback in ways that makes it easy to see the right moves to make.
  • Shikho — Shikho is a Bangladeshi education technology company on a mission to revolutionise the way Bangladesh learns today and democratise access to a high quality education. It is building a hyper-localised digital learning ecosystem designed specifically for the Bangladeshi national curriculum to serve a growing total addressable market of ~42 millionstudents. "Shikho - The Learning App" is available on the Google Play Store.
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Radar Partners
VC Fund · Palo Alto, California, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Radar Partners is a principal investment firm. The firm invests in early stage technology companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Mobile, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 31
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$8.6M; Series A $500k–$12M; Series B $3M–$73M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2011

Portfolio highlights

  • Automattic — Making the web a better place
  • Element Energy — Element Energy, a startup with technology that significantly improves the performance, lifetime, reliability and cost of large battery packs used in a wide range of applications including stationary and renewable energy storage and hybrid and electric vehicles.
  • OpenStar Technologies — OpenStar Technologies is a renewable energy company that develops fusion reactors for baseload power to the grid.
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Blackbird Ventures
VC Fund · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Blackbird is a venture capital fund based in Australia and New Zealand. We invest in every type of technology from software to space, unified by the biggest of ambitions.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: Australia, United States, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 324
  • Round size: Seed $34k–$7.2M; Pre-Seed $50k–$2.7M; Series A $3.4M–$35M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • Canva — Canva is a graphic design software solutions provider that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, and more with various layouts, images, photo filters, icons and shapes, and fonts. The platform combines a drag-and-drop design tool with a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery.It was founded in 2012 andheadquartered in Sydney, New South Wales.
  • Foundry Lab — Foundry Lab is pioneering Digital Metal Casting. This new form of additive manufacturing allows users to cast metal parts - without pouring molten metal - in the safety of their own office. This fully automated system is incredibly fast - CAD file to 50+ metal parts in just 8 hours.
  • Gilmour Space Technologies — Gilmour Space is a rocket company in Australia that is developing and launching low-cost small satellite launch vehicles. All orbits, all planets: https://www.gspacetech.com
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OurCrowd
VC Fund · Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Invest in exclusive and pre-vetted startups, late-stage companies, and top tier funds - private market access made simple, transparent, and institutional-grade.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Series B, Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Israel, United States, New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 286
  • Round size: Seed $604k–$10M; Series A $5.3M–$22M; Series B $7M–$65M
  • Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023

Portfolio highlights

  • Oriient — Bringing the GPS revolution indoors with the most scalable and accessible solution for buildings. No Hardware, Cost Effective, and Highly Accurate.
  • Sequentify — Sequentify provides a technology that is based on tools from the synthetic biology and AI software worlds for targeted DNA sequencing applications such as cancer diagnostics, carrier screening, COVID-19 surveillance and other applications.
  • BetterSeeds — The company focuses on non-GMO genome editing using CRISPR-Cas9 for creating a novel breed of seeds and crop traits that address the 21st-century agriculture challenges. BetterSeeds provides advanced seeds enabling better crops for mechanized harvesting, extreme e climate resistance, higher calory and nutrient values, and more.
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ACC
VC Fund · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

ACC is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Organic, Agriculture
  • Stage:Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Leaft Foods — Leaft Foods has proven viability across New Zealand's pasture-based agricultural economy.
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Seeds Capital
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Catalysing smart monies into Singapore-based, early-stage technology startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Singapore, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 142
  • Round size: Seed $767k–$6M; Series A $3.5M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • HealthBeats — HealthBeats is a product based on their belief,regular monitoring outside of healthcare settings will only lead to better results.
  • ChemT Biotechnology — The goal of ChemT Biotechnology is to increase patient access to the most cutting-edge biologics, beginning with the urgent issues in manufacturing and research and development.
  • Protuoso Biosciences — Protuoso Biosciences is a biotechnology company developing next-generation multifunctional biologics designed to address complex disease biology.
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Khosla Ventures
VC Fund · Menlo Park, California, United States · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early- to late-stage companies across sectors like AI, healthcare, sustainability, and consumer technology. It manages multiple funds, focusing on startups with innovative technologies or business models. The firm primarily targets sectors like AI, climate tech, digital health, and medtech,offering strategic support to help build long-lasting companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: United States, India, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1160
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$25M; Series A $5.5M–$47M; Series B $10M–$100M
  • Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $557M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Wattpad — Wattpad is a digital entertainment company providing an online social storytelling platform for original stories.The company utilizes the power of community and technology to enable the creation and distribution of content across a variety of formats. Its flagship app, Wattpad, is home to a community of more than 65 million people who spend over20 billion minutes a month engaged in original stories. Tap by Wattpad, the company’s second storytelling product, offers short, chat-based stories in over a dozen languages. Wattpad Studios co-produces stories for film, television, digital, and print, together with industry partners. Wattpad Brand Solutions offers a full suite of advertising products to help brands build deep engagement with Millennial and Gen Z consumers.It was established by Allen Lau and Ivan Yuen in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2006.
  • Breeze — Cargo insurance reinvented.
  • Shoes of Prey — Shoes of Prey creates bespoke, hand-made women's shoes designed by the customer, and delivers them to anywhere in the world.Shoes of Prey has grown rapidly over 5 years and has won a number of awards including Online Retailer of the Year and Store Design of the Year at the World Retail Awards in Paris 2013.Founded in 2009, the company isheadquartered in Santa Monica, California, United States.
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InnovationQuarter
VC Fund · The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

InnovationQuarter helpt ondernemers in Zuid-Holland bij het ontwikkelen en vermarkten van technologische innovaties.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: The Netherlands, India, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 85
  • Round size: Seed $549k–$6.4M; Series A $1.6M–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $164M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • NewCompliance — NewCompliance helps clinical staff simplify communication, workflows, and elevate operational excellence.
  • BIMINI Biotech — BIMINI Biotech is a startup that develops innovative therapeutic strategies for oncology. It is developing therapeutic strategies that target the growth hormone receptor (GHR) and its interaction with insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) for oncology, metabolic diseases, and aging.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Leiden, TheNetherlands.
  • Delft Advanced Biorenewables — We enable the bio-economy by improving the productivity of fermentations with our in-situ product recovery (ISPR) technology.
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Tuhua Fund
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Micro-Venture Fund investing in 25 Kiwi Startups

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, B2B
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
  • Geography: New Zealand, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $735k–$3.2M; Series A $1.4M–$7.5M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.5M in 2016

Portfolio highlights

  • Datch — Built on top of a powerful connected platform, the Datch Voice Assistant allows you to use the most natural form of communication - your voice - to converse with your site, allowing you to connect and interact with your existing in-house systems through simple integrations.
  • Dawn Aerospace — Delivering hardware to space. Positioning satellites on orbit. Returning products to Earth.
  • Surgical Design Studios — The Insides Company is the leading provider of chyme reinfusion solutions for intestinal failure
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Aera VC
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Aera VC invests at the frontier of deep technology and sustainability to accelerate the world to a better future. Those who create breakthrough ideas the fastest will generate new markets, exponential financial returns, and a better future for us all. Aera VC will be right behind them.We believe sustainability is the largest investmentopportunity of our lifetime. We have been generating outstanding financial returns since 2016 while investing in the pursuit of a better world. The companies we have backed are the best illustration of what we invest in, aspire to, and can achieve. We are excited that these companies are only just getting started and we have already established a truly global footprint. 70% of Aera Portfolio companies are co-founded by women or those from minority backgrounds.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: United States, Australia, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 35
  • Round size: Seed $2.1M–$10M; Pre-Seed $150k–$4.1M; Series A $4.5M–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $30M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Gridsight — Gridsight helps electrical utilities transition to a decentralised grid by creating 90%-accurate, AI-powered load flow models. These models enable utilities to safely and efficiently support more residential solar, batteries and electric vehicles. Based on CEO Brendan Banfield's PhD research, Gridsight was founded in 2020 to accelerate the transition to renewables.
  • Array Labs — Array Labs is working to provide high-quality 3D imagery on a global scale.
  • Maritime Fusion — Maritime Fusion specializes in the development and construction of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) fusion reactors.
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AgriZeroNZ
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups, 6 in the past 12 months

AgriZeroNZ is a world-first public-private partnership helping farmers reduce emissions while maintaining profitability and productivity.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, AgTech, Animal Feed
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: United States, New Zealand, Sweden

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $677k–$10M; Series A $7M–$27M; Venture - Series Unknown $3M–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Rumin8 — Rumin8 - Solving livestock methane emissions
  • Ruminant BioTech — Ruminant BioTech is a company that creates slow-release devices for long-term controlled-release methane mitigation.
  • Āmua Innovation
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Climate Venture Capital Fund
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Climate Venture Capital Fund invests in disruptive New Zealand climate-tech companies driving decarbonisation and returns. Acceptable Managed Fund for AIP Visa investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sustainability, Energy, Chemical
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 8
  • Round size: Seed $1M–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Cleanery
  • Mara Bio
  • Hot Lime Labs
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AUT Ventures
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

AUT Ventures Limited is the gateway for the commercial world to Auckland University of Technology (AUT) experts and expertise. As the commercialisation arm of the University, we are responsible for the management and transfer of university intellectual property and knowhow. Our capabilities support the entire AUT Research and Innovation landscapeby connecting research, global partners, start-ups and investors.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Chemical, Manufacturing, Sustainability
  • Stage:Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Dot Ingredients — Dot Ingredients operates a surfactant company designed to offer commercially viable particle surfactants. It produces cellulose from wood pulp, makes sustainable emulsifiers from renewable cellulose, and is able to not only cleanse hands, clothes, surfaces, and cars, but also protect crops, enhance food, color textiles, and flow into the oceans andsoil.
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NZVC
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

The NZVCA’s mission is to develop a world-best private equity (“PE”) and venture capital (“VC”) environment for the benefit of investors and entrepreneurs in New Zealand.Their activities cover the whole spectrum of investment in New Zealand private capital including Angel investment, seed and early-stage venture capital through to developmentcapital and private equity (including management buy-outs and buy-ins).

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $1.2M–$6.4M; Series A $1.8M–$40M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.5M–$3.5M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • chnnl — Optimise your employee wellbeing strategy with chnnl. Centralised resource management, track psychosocial risks and team psychological wellbeing measurement.
  • Vessev — Vessev is a maritime trasportantion company that offers hydrofoiling electric vessels for travelling through water.
  • Curve Biosciences — Whole-Body Intelligence to resolve chronic diseases.
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Inter Ikea
VC Fund · Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Inter IKEA Group's aim is to secure continuous improvement, development, expansion and a long life of the franchising operation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Recycling, Biotechnology, Waste Management
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Canada, Sweden, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $3.8M–$5.9M; Series A $7.6M–$16M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Matter. — We are an innovation company pioneering technology solutions for capturing, harvesting and recycling microplastics.
  • ns/tx industries — ns/tx industries is a food manufacturing and technology company that processes and sells fish and meat products.
  • Seprify — Enabling sustainable products
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New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
VC Fund · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

The New Zealand Growth Capital Partners (formerly New Zealand Venture Investment Fund) was established to support early-stage technology companies and to stimulate private investment into this space.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Medical Device, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States, Australia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 48
  • Round size: Seed $830k–$4.9M; Series A $6.2M–$17M; Venture - Series Unknown $608k–$6.1M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
  • Scentian Bio — Scentian Bio operates as a platform that provides ultimate sensing solution.
  • Quantifi Photonics — Quantifi Photonics is a critical supplier of photonics test and measurement instruments to the world's leading photonics manufacturers, universities and research organizations.
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Matū Group
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Investing in scalable science and deep tech start-ups in Aotearoa NZ. We operate venture capital funds that invest in science and deep tech through a hands-on, active approach.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Biotechnology, Health Care, Robotics
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Liquium
  • Inhibit Coatings — Inhibit Coatings is a New Zealand based company developing novel antimicrobial and antifouling coatings.
  • Ampersand Technologies
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Massey Ventures
VC Fund · Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Massey Ventures supports the development of commercially promising ideas by providing early stage investment. The firm commercializes intellectual property and innovative research. The company guides Massey researchers and students through the commercialisation process in order to make their innovative ideas a reality.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Carbon Capture, Environmental Consulting, Environmental Engineering
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Captivate Technology — Captivate Technology company operates a clean-tech carbon capture platform. The platform enables cement manufacturers, geothermal power plants, and biogas producers to reduce pollution and contribute to environmental initiatives by using a metal-organic framework for CO2 adsorption as a solid-state material.
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Booster
VC Fund · Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Booster is an investment manager, superannuation and default KiwiSaver scheme provider. We offer ethical, New Zealand and specialist investment options.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Robotics, Biotechnology, Medical Device
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: New Zealand, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 13
  • Round size: Seed $473k–$4.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $158k–$6.1M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Wellumio — Wellumio is a medical technology company redefining the boundaries of clinical imaging. We’re fusing technology, design innovation, and medical expertise to create new diagnostic pathways that support the timely delivery of urgent stroke care.
  • Avasa — Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices.
  • Wych Limited — Wych an open banking powered digital financial advisor with a focus on personal financial automation.
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Auckland UniServices
VC Fund · Perth, Western Australia, Australia · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

UniServices grows and commercialises the research and expertise of the University of Auckland to create real-world impact.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Medical, Marketing, Nutrition
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Opo Bio — Opo Bio develops cell lines for the cultivated meat industry and researchers.They are building a multi-species and multi-cell type product bank for research and commercial usage. They are creating infrastructure that will enable the industry to progress and more effectively scale.
  • PhaseFoam — PhaseFoam creates innovative thermal management solutions that harness natural energy in an intelligent manner to mitigate heat. As demonstrated in extensive trials, PhaseFoam's technology offers substantial value and benefits while requiring low maintenance and overhead.
  • Kitea Health — Kitea Health creates pressure monitoring implantable medical devices.
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Whakatupu Aotearoa Foundation
VC Fund · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

The Whakatupu Aotearoa Foundation is a private philanthropic trust, established in 2020.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Furniture, Recycling
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $1.5M–$3M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Safe Surfer — Safe Surfer is an innovative platform that protects kids from harmful content
  • Critical — Made in Aotearoa from 100% reclaimed NZ plastic waste, our panels come in a variety of pre-designed or custom colours and finishes, so you can realise your design vision and create a space that is truly unique. We help architects and designers to push design boundaries while meeting Green Star & sustainability targets.
  • Starboard Maritime Intelligence — Monitor and protect your maritime domain
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Tax Management NZ
VC Fund · Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand · 1 investments in New Zealand Impact startups

Tax Management NZ is an accounting firm that provides training, guidance, tax glossary and cash flow management services.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Furniture, Recycling, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed
  • Geography: New Zealand

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 1
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Critical — Made in Aotearoa from 100% reclaimed NZ plastic waste, our panels come in a variety of pre-designed or custom colours and finishes, so you can realise your design vision and create a space that is truly unique. We help architects and designers to push design boundaries while meeting Green Star & sustainability targets.
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Impact VC funding in New Zealand at a glance

Stats across 161 deals from 97 investors.

97
investors
in New Zealand Impact startups
161
deals
in New Zealand Impact startups
$21k
median round
in New Zealand Impact startups
44%
lead investors
lead at least one round
56%
Grant
most common funding stage

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